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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
When Rachel Joyce’s bestseller about a retiree’s road trip was turned into a 2023 film, it had a couple of lovely numbers by Sam Lee. Earlier this year, fellow folkie Passenger (AKA Michael David Rosenberg) provided the music and lyrics for Chichester Festival theatre’s production, which transfers to the West End in January. Passenger’s album of renditions of the songs, One for the Road – with a few tracks that didn’t make the musical and an appearance from Jack Wolfe, who played the show’s Balladeer – is available to stream now.
The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
ZooNation are giving A Christmas Carol a hip-hop spin this winter, with Ebony Scrooge at Sadler’s Wells. Rewind a decade and Kate Prince’s company upturned Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland with this Royal Ballet commission. Available from Digital Theatre.
Hedda
Tanika Gupta transfers Ibsen’s play from late 19th-century Kristiania (Oslo) to 1948 London and turns Hedda into a former Hollywood star, in a rewrite inspired by the life of Oscar-nominated actor Merle Oberon. Hettie Macdonald directs Pearl Chanda in the world premiere at the Orange Tree in Richmond. Available 25-28 November.
Aurélie Dupont: Instants of Grace
French film-maker Cédric Klapisch is best known for his often romantic comedies – but he also has a passion for dance. His 2022 drama En Corps starred ballerina Marion Barbeau, whose mentor Aurélie Dupont, the étoile turned director of dance at Paris Opera, is profiled (with stunning performance clips) in Klapisch’s 2010 documentary, now on MarqueeTV.
The Estate
A blistering turn from Adeel Akhtar powers Shaan Sahota’s 2025 political drama, which comes to National Theatre at Home on 12 November. That night, to mark Captioning Awareness Week and 25 years of the deaf-led charity Stagetext, there’s a subtitled online event with a live chat for viewers. BSL-interpreted, audio-described and noncaptioned versions of the play are available.
Art Flicks
Pentabus’s National Young Writers group make every minute count with this series of mini digital dramas, told in 90-second bursts on TikTok. The playwrights hail from around the UK and the first in the series, written by Eilidh Nurse, stars Outlander and Billy Elliot’s Gary Lewis. A collaboration with Rural Media.
Between the Lines
A YA novel co-written by Jodi Picoult and her teenage daughter was the source for this high school musical, which blurs the upheavals of adolescence with a fantastical adventure based on its heroine’s favourite novel. Staged in New York in 2022, it’s on BroadwayHD.
Fugaces
“La Capitana” was the nickname earned by the flamenco dancer Carmen Amaya, who became a sensation in the late 1930s. The choreographer and dancer Aina Alegre pays tribute to her with this performance, filmed at the Lyon Dance Biennale earlier this year (streaming on Arte.tv).
